A home for every child [electronic resource] : the Washington Children's Home Society in the Progressive Era / Patricia Susan Hart.
Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography ; 17.Publication details: Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, c2010.Description: xvi, 285 p. : ill., mapSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 362.73409797 22
- HV875.56.W2 H37 2010eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-278) and index.
Introduction: Taking a chance on the Pacific Northwest -- Seeking alternatives to institutional care -- Child relinquishment : the last best hope -- Sorted, boarded, and reformed : coming into the care of WCHS -- Completing God's plan and competing desires : negotiating adoptive parenthood -- Biology, botany, and belonging -- Traveling children : placement, re-placement, and return -- Conclusion: A home for every child : the elusive promise.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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